Officer involved shooting ... in my old neighborhood

This is a discussion on Officer involved shooting ... in my old neighborhood within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; This event took place in front of a house we used to rent. The situation is sad, but I support the officer's actions in this ...

If they can say the perp allegedly stabbed the two officers... why not say the two Officers allegedly shot him? Then they can put him on an alleged ambulance, and take him to an alleged hospital. There he can be allegedly be pronounced dead by someone who alleges to be a doctor.

If they can say the perp allegedly stabbed the two officers... why not say the two Officers allegedly shot him? Then they can put him on an alleged ambulance, and take him to an alleged hospital. There he can be allegedly be pronounced dead by someone who alleges to be a doctor.

Amen, brother. One of the most overworked, misused and abused words in the lexicon of today's news media.

"Historical examination of the right to bear arms, from English antecedents to the drafting of the Second Amendment, bears proof that the right to bear arms has consistently been, and should still be, construed as an individual right." -- U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings, Re: U.S. vs Emerson (1999)

Would you believe that there was another officer involved shooting Today in another town about 10-15 miles away from this incident? The perp in this shooting also came at the
officers with a knife. Here's the story:

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